CVE-2018-10597 Memory corruption in IntelliVue Patient Monitors, Avalon Fetal/Maternal Monitors

High 8.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can write arbitrary data to memory on Philips patient monitors, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-10597?

CVE-2018-10597 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in ICS-CERT IntelliVue Patient Monitors, Avalon Fetal/Maternal Monitors, published on 5 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IntelliVue Patient Monitors MP Series (including MP2/X2/MP30/MP50/MP70/NP90/MX700/800) Rev B-M, IntelliVue Patient Monitors MX (MX400-550) Rev J-M and (X3/MX100 for Rev M only), and Avalon Fetal/Maternal Monitors FM20/FM30/FM40/FM50 with software Revisions F.0, G.0 and J.3 have a vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to access memory ("write-what-where") from an attacker-chosen device address within the same subnet.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10597?

It affects 18 products.

Products include Philips Avalon Fetal\/Maternal Monitors Fm20 Firmware, Philips Avalon Fetal\/Maternal Monitors Fm30 Firmware, Philips Avalon Fetal\/Maternal Monitors Fm40 Firmware, Philips Avalon Fetal\/Maternal Monitors Fm50 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mp2 Firmware, Philips Intellivue Mp30 Firmware and 12 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10597?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-10597 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10597 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4g7j-fjgw-f3qw.

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